Your inventory levels are all over the place. How do you coordinate with suppliers effectively?
When your inventory is out of sync, effective supplier coordination can be a game-changer. Here are actionable strategies to harmonize your inventory with supplier deliveries:
What methods have you found effective for coordinating with suppliers? Share your strategies.
Your inventory levels are all over the place. How do you coordinate with suppliers effectively?
When your inventory is out of sync, effective supplier coordination can be a game-changer. Here are actionable strategies to harmonize your inventory with supplier deliveries:
What methods have you found effective for coordinating with suppliers? Share your strategies.
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Great topic. When the inventory is not aligned there are several impacts from costs to production stop, so I recommend: 1 - Stop the movements and make the conference on each stock ´point, every single SKU (phisical and system) 2 - Align demand planning with the levels of stock, production, orders placed, cadence of deliveries and cash flow 3 - Define the allocation using historical data, forecasting tools, AI 4 - Realign with suppliers and customers the schedules 5 - Implement a colaborative monitoring with full visibility of the chains
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1. At Work: I encountered fluctuating inventory levels that disrupted order fulfillment. 2. Experience: To address this, I streamlined communication with suppliers, ensuring they were updated on forecasted demand and lead times. 3. Solution: Implementing a shared inventory management system allowed real-time data sharing, improving coordination and ensuring stock levels aligned with demand patterns.
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